St. Mary's School in Williamstown reopens its doors

Monroe Township Police and other personnel gather in front of St. Mary'sSchool in Williamstown during an investigation of fumes reported in the school May 21, 2012. (Photo By Tim Hawk/Gloucester County Times)

MONROE TWP. - St. Mary’s School resumed classes for its students Tuesday after the Diocese of Camden received clearance from the New Jersey Department of Health following a May 21 incident which caused one student to become faint and another to fall ill during a morning assembly.

Air samples taken May 23 by the department determined that there is no health threat to students and staff. Tests were also conducted by MDG Environmental, a private firm hired by the school. Over the Memorial Day weekend the school building was ventilated and cleaned.

“The event seems to be a transient episode meaning that the source was gone before it could be identified. The health investigators indicated to us that these events do occur from time to time without apparent explanation,” Father Cadmus D. Mazzarella, pastor of Our Lady of Peace Church, the sponsoring parish for the school, and Patricia Mancuso, St. Mary’s principal, said in a letter to parents.